scholarly journals Higher-derivative supergravity, wrapped M5-branes, and theories of class $$ \mathrm{\mathcal{R}} $$

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolay Bobev ◽  
Anthony M. Charles ◽  
Dongmin Gang ◽  
Kiril Hristov ◽  
Valentin Reys

Abstract We study the interplay between four-derivative 4d gauged supergravity, holography, wrapped M5-branes, and theories of class $$ \mathrm{\mathcal{R}} $$ ℛ . Using results from Chern-Simons theory on hyperbolic three-manifolds and the 3d-3d correspondence we are able to constrain the two independent coefficients in the four-derivative supergravity Lagrangian. This in turn allows us to calculate the subleading terms in the large-N expansion of supersymmetric partition functions for an infinite class of three-dimensional $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 2 SCFTs of class $$ \mathrm{\mathcal{R}} $$ ℛ . We also determine the leading correction to the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy of asymptotically AdS4 black holes arising from wrapped M5-branes. In addition, we propose and test some conjectures about the perturbative partition function of Chern-Simons theory with complexified ADE gauge groups on closed hyperbolic three-manifolds.

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Meer Ashwinkumar ◽  
Matthew Dodelson ◽  
Abhiram Kidambi ◽  
Jacob M. Leedom ◽  
Masahito Yamazaki

Abstract We discuss ensemble averages of two-dimensional conformal field theories associated with an arbitrary indefinite lattice with integral quadratic form Q. We provide evidence that the holographic dual after the ensemble average is the three-dimensional Abelian Chern-Simons theory with kinetic term determined by Q. The resulting partition function can be written as a modular form, expressed as a sum over the partition functions of Chern-Simons theories on lens spaces. For odd lattices, the dual bulk theory is a spin Chern-Simons theory, and we identify several novel phenomena in this case. We also discuss the holographic duality prior to averaging in terms of Maxwell-Chern-Simons theories.


1992 ◽  
Vol 07 (23) ◽  
pp. 2065-2076 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. KALYANA RAMA ◽  
SIDDHARTHA SEN

We show how the Turaev-Viro invariant, which is closely related to the partition function of three-dimensional gravity, can be understood within the framework of SU(2) Chern-Simons theory. We also show that, for S3 and RP3, this invariant is equal to the absolute value square of their respective partition functions in SU(2) Chern-Simons theory and give a method of evaluating the latter in a closed form for a class of 3D manifolds, thus in effect obtaining the partition function of three-dimensional gravity for these manifolds. By interpreting the triangulation of a manifold as a graph consisting of crossings and vertices with three lines we also describe a new invariant for certain class of graphs.


2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Clay Cordova ◽  
Po-Shen Hsin ◽  
Nathan Seiberg

We study three-dimensional gauge theories based on orthogonal groups. Depending on the global form of the group these theories admit discrete \thetaθ-parameters, which control the weights in the sum over topologically distinct gauge bundles. We derive level-rank duality for these topological field theories. Our results may also be viewed as level-rank duality for SO(N)_{K}SO(N)K Chern-Simons theory in the presence of background fields for discrete global symmetries. In particular, we include the required counterterms and analysis of the anomalies. We couple our theories to charged matter and determine how these counterterms are shifted by integrating out massive fermions. By gauging discrete global symmetries we derive new boson-fermion dualities for vector matter, and present the phase diagram of theories with two-index tensor fermions, thus extending previous results for SO(N)SO(N) to other global forms of the gauge group.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Masazumi Honda ◽  
Naotaka Kubo

Abstract It has been conjectured that duality cascade occurs in the $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 3 supersymmetric Yang-Mills Chern-Simons theory with the gauge group U(N)k × U(N + M)−k coupled to two bi-fundamental hypermultiplets. The brane picture suggests that this duality cascade can be generalized to a class of 3d $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 3 supersymmetric quiver gauge theories coming from so-called Hanany-Witten type brane configurations. In this paper we perform non-perturbative tests of the duality cascades using supersymmetry localization. We focus on S3 partition functions and prove predictions from the duality cascades. We also discuss that our result can be applied to generate new dualities for more general theories which include less supersymmetric theories and theories without brane constructions.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Viraj Meruliya ◽  
Sunil Mukhi ◽  
Palash Singh

Abstract We investigate the Poincaré series approach to computing 3d gravity partition functions dual to Rational CFT. For a single genus-1 boundary, we show that for certain infinite sets of levels, the SU(2)k WZW models provide unitary examples for which the Poincaré series is a positive linear combination of two modular-invariant partition functions. This supports the interpretation that the bulk gravity theory (a topological Chern-Simons theory in this case) is dual to an average of distinct CFT’s sharing the same Kac-Moody algebra. We compute the weights of this average for all seed primaries and all relevant values of k. We then study other WZW models, notably SU(N)1 and SU(3)k, and find that each class presents rather different features. Finally we consider multiple genus-1 boundaries, where we find a class of seed functions for the Poincaré sum that reproduces both disconnected and connected contributions — the latter corresponding to analogues of 3-manifold “wormholes” — such that the expected average is correctly reproduced.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siddharth Dwivedi ◽  
Vivek Kumar Singh ◽  
Saswati Dhara ◽  
P. Ramadevi ◽  
Yang Zhou ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo Santilli ◽  
Miguel Tierz

Abstract We study several quiver Chern-Simons-matter theories on the three-sphere, combining the matrix model formulation with a systematic use of Mordell’s integral, computing partition functions and checking dualities. We also consider Wilson loops in ABJ(M) theories, distinguishing between typical (long) and atypical (short) representations and focusing on the former. Using the Berele-Regev factorization of supersymmetric Schur polynomials, we express the expectation value of the Wilson loops in terms of sums of observables of two factorized copies of U(N ) pure Chern-Simons theory on the sphere. Then, we use the Cauchy identity to study the partition functions of a number of quiver Chern-Simons-matter models and the result is interpreted as a perturbative expansion in the parameters tj = −e2πmj , where mj are the masses. Through the paper, we incorporate different generalizations, such as deformations by real masses and/or Fayet-Iliopoulos parameters, the consideration of a Romans mass in the gravity dual, and adjoint matter.


2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (24) ◽  
pp. 4451-4468 ◽  
Author(s):  
SOLANGE-ODILE SALIU

All consistent interactions in a three-dimensional theory with tensor gauge fields of degrees two and three are obtained by means of the deformation of the solution to the master equation combined with cohomological techniques. The local BRST cohomology of this model allows the deformation of the Lagrangian action, accompanying gauge symmetries and gauge algebra. The relationship with the Chern–Simons theory is discussed.


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